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The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories

Episode 200 - Jeffrey Willis - The Monster Of Muskegon County

The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories

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True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.46.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In 2016, April 16th was the first perfect day of spring in rural Muskegon County Michigan.

By 9:00 that Saturday morning, it was 62 degrees and already the warmest day of the season by far. And 53-year-old Dawn Schmidt was among those taking advantage of these glorious conditions.

Making herself a steaming cup of morning coffee, she carried it outside to her back deck and sipped away, staring at the forest, and enjoying the refreshing sunshine.

But then…she heard something strange.

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Research & Writing:
Ryan Deininger

Editing:
Aiden Wolf

Sources:
People v. Willis
Jessica Heeringa Trial
Rebekah Bletsch Trial
Fox17
Fox17 #2
911 of couple who found Bletsch
Scribd.com Partial Court Transcript
Law and Crime Network
MLive.com #1
MLive.com #2
Detroit Free Press
Pick Me Up
Disappeared Blog
Woodtv.com

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Listener discretion is advised. So, Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,

1:05.0

oh, oh, One of the absolute best parts about living in a four-season climate is that first truly perfect day of spring.

1:26.8

It's the light at the end of the tunnel from a long cold and seemingly endless winter. Out of nowhere, the skies are clear and the temperature rises.

1:37.0

The promise of summer is just on the horizon as the trees begin to blossom and the birds all seem to sing a little louder.

1:45.0

In 2016, April 16th was that first perfect day of spring in rural Muskegon County, Michigan.

1:55.0

By nine that Saturday morning, it was 62 degrees, already the warmest day of the season by far,

2:02.4

and 53-year-old Don Schmidt was among those taking advantage

2:06.1

of these glorious conditions. Making herself a steaming cup of morning coffee, she carried

2:12.4

it outside to her back deck and sipped away staring at

2:16.3

the forest enjoying the refreshing sunshine but then she heard something strange.

2:24.0

I heard kind of a disruption, a man in a woman's voice not far from my home down the road.

2:31.0

Turning her ear to the noise, Dawn couldn't make out what the the woman's voice was getting

2:33.0

to the noise. Don couldn't make out what the man or woman were saying,

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